gs850 carb questions

[midian-man]

my mothers trike has been running really awfully recently, found the pod filters and carb - head rubbers were shot so we've replaced the rubbers and filters, problem is the carbs no longer fit, they appear to be too wide, the carbs aren't 850's, they're off an XJ900 and dont know why they no longer fit seeing as the new rubbers are identical, my main question is are there any other carbs that will fit the 850 CV head??
cheers
Sam

[Octain]

What year is the 850?

[midian-man]

the frame is 79 but takes CV carbs

[SqDancerLynn1]

You need to check ! There is a right & left to the boots at least to the Suzuki models

[midian-man]

cheers, tried the rubbers every way possible though, was really doin my head in, was hoping something more common like bandit 600 carbs or something similar would fit

[Agemax]

how far off are the carbs from fitting the new rubbers? they may have been warmed up to make them softer so the carbs would squeeze in

[midian-man]

about 10mm, i line up an end one and the rest are well off

[Agemax]

are you SURE it was original rubbers on there to start with?

[chef1366]

are you SURE it was original rubbers on there to start with?

Google the numbers if any off the old boots.

[midian-man]

yep, original rubbers, even cross checked the old and new ones, same numbers

[Agemax]

well, if the carbs fitted before then there is no reason why they shouldn't fit now.

[chef1366]

They put them on with a ratchet strap and vaseline.